National Holstein Convention begins June 27
BRATTLEBORO, vt. -
More than 1500 Holstein
dairy farmers are expected
to converge in Louisville,
Ky., the heart of the great
bluegrass country, for the
93rd annual convention of
the Holstein-Friesian
Association of America June
27-30
The Galt House, will serve
as convention headquarters
and site of the annual
meeting. Host for the four
day convention is the
Kentucky Holstein Cattle
Club. John Kalmey,
Shelbyville, Ky. is the
general chairman of the
convention.
Convention business
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sessions will convene at 10
a.m. on Wednesday, June 28
and includes an open forum
for the discussion of
association activities and
policies by all members. The
business meeting will
continue through Thursday.
Convention delegates will
act on the bylaw amendment
proposals and elect officers
for the coming year, as well
as four directors to serve
four year terms.
The Ad Hoc Committee on
convention nominating
procedures, authorized by
the 92nd convention
delegates, is proposing a
bylaw amendment which
establishes a seven member
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committee, appointed by the
president, that will nominate
one or more persons for each
of the offices of president,
vice president and directors.
Another major bylaw
amendment proposal, made
on behalf of the board of
directors, concerns HFA’s
reregistration of Holsteins
registered in the herbooks of
other countries.
Reflecting the increased
importance of Holsteins
internationally, this year’s
annual meeting will include
the presentation of the
“Joint Effort Award” to The
People’s Republic of
Hungary. The “Joint Effort
Award” recognizes the
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relationship between
Hungary and the U.S. as a
“model of cooperation in the
establishment and
development of Holsteins
worldwide.” HFA Executive
Chairman Robert Rumler
will present the award to
Jeno Vancsa, vice minister
of agriculture for livestock,
and Hungarian Agriculture
Attache Jozef Nemeth on
Thursday afternoon, June
29.
Tuesday, the day
preceding the annual
meeting, has been
designated host day. Con
vention-goers will be taking
a bus tour of bluegrass
country that includes a stop
at a horse farm in Bourbon
County. All groups will visit
either Claybome Farm,
Golden Chance Farm or
Stoner Creek Stud Farm.
“Each operation will be
explained in detail,” reports
John Kalmey, convention
chairman. The bus tour will
also include visits to the
Keeneland Race Track, The
Kane Ridge Meeting House
Shrine where the First
Christian Church was
founded, a winery, and the
recently completed Horse
Farm Park, where the U.S.
equistrian team will defend
its world title in a three day
event.
The finale of the week’s
activities will be the ’7B
convention sale, managed by
Alvin R. Piper and
Associates, International
Holstein Sales and Service,
Lake Mills, Wis. It will begin
at 10 a.m. on Friday at the
KeHtucky Fair and Ex
position Center. Piper
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reports that 97 of the nation’s
finest Holsteins have been
consigned to this year’s sale.
Six young Holstein
breeders have been selected
winners of the National
Distinguished Junior
Member Contest, conducted
by the Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
They are: Pennie Smith,
Monkton, Md.; Steven
Vaughan, Hartville, Ohio;
Johana Merrill, Silver
Springs, N.Y.; Alan Newer,
Hamilton, N.Y.; Jeff Gibson,
Paris, Ky.; and Janice
Muther, Salinas, Calif.
These six distinguished
junior members will receive
an expense-paid trip to
HFA’s national convention,
June 27-30, in Louisville, Ky.,
and will be given special
recognition and awards
during the association’s
annual meeting.
More than 10,000 young
people are junior members
of HFA. Contest entries were
received from 27 states.
Milk components and
estate planning will be the
featured discussion topics
for the “early-bird
sessions,” which begin at
8:30 a.m. on both Wednesday
and Thursday, and will
precede the convention
business meeting. On
Wednesday morning, HFA
Vice-President Ivan
Strickler, lola, Kans., will
chair a panel discussion
entitled “The Bottom Line
For Breeders On Milk
Components-”. Darrell
Gaugh, Boulder, Colo.,
chartered life underwriter
and president of the National
Estate Planning Institute,
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approach to estate planning
for Holstein breeders on
Thursday morning.
Designed to update
Holstein breeders on the
issuer concerning milk
components, Wednesday
morning’s informational
session includes three
capsule presentations.
Elmer Paper, chairman of
the component pricing
committee for the National
Milk Producers Federation
(NMPF), Stockton, lowa',
will review a discussion
paper that was recently
developed by the NMPF on a
proposed method of com
ponent milk pricing. This
paper has been distributed to
1 NMPF members and is pre
sently receiving consider
able discussion nationwide.
Donald Voelker, extension
dairyman at lowa State
University, will explain the
factors involved when
considering nutrient com
ponents in a breeding
program. Ivan Strickler will
wrap up this informational
session with a review the
established policies and
principles of the Holstein
Association on pricing milk
to the producer.
Darrell Baugh, Boulder,
Colorado, extends a special
invitation for all the wives to
accompany their husbands
to Thursday morning’s
“early bird session”.
Recognizing the deep in
volvement of farm wives in
the business, Baugh believes
they should also be involved
in the decision-making
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